Space history on September 30

19 events

1. 1965 61 years ago launch

   AFP-206 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: AFP-206

   • Space transportation

   Atlas SLV-3 Agena D launched on the AFP-206 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad PALC2-4. Launch vehicle success.

   • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.

2. 1969 57 years ago launch

   POPPY 6/NRL Comp 7 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: POPPY 6/NRL Comp 7

   • Space transportation

   Thorad SLV-2G Agena D launched on the POPPY 6/NRL Comp 7 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC1W. Launch vehicle success.

   • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.

3. 1972 54 years ago launch

   Molniya-2 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Molniya-2

   • Space transportation

   Molniya 8K78M launched on the Molniya-2 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

   • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.

4. 1975 51 years ago launch

   Kosmos-773 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-773

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-773 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.

   • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.

5. 1977 49 years ago launch

   Kosmos-957 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-957

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-957 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

   • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.

6. 1977 49 years ago launch failure

   Intelsat 4A F-5 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Intelsat 4A F-5

   • Space transportation

   Atlas SLV-3D Centaur launched on the Intelsat 4A F-5 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC36A. Launch failure.

   • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.

7. 1981 45 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1312 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1312

   • Space transportation

   Tsiklon-3 launched on the Kosmos-1312 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC32/1. Launch vehicle success.

   • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.

8. 1982 44 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1411 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1411

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1411 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.

   • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.

9. 1983 43 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1501 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1501

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1501 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.

   • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.

10. 1985 41 years ago launch

    Kosmos-1687 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-1687

    • Space transportation

    Molniya 8K78M (2BL) launched on the Kosmos-1687 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.

    • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.

11. 1986 40 years ago launch

    Kosmos-1782 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-1782

    • Space transportation

    Tsiklon-3 launched on the Kosmos-1782 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC32/1. Launch vehicle success.

    • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.

12. 1993 33 years ago launch

    Raduga — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Raduga

    • Space transportation

    Proton-K/DM-2 launched on the Raduga flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/23. Launch vehicle success.

    • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.

13. 1994 32 years ago launch

    SRL-2 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: SRL-2

    • Space transportation

    Space Shuttle launched on the SRL-2 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.

14. 2009 17 years ago launch

    Soyuz TMA-16 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Soyuz TMA-16

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-FG launched on the Soyuz TMA-16 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.

15. 2009 17 years ago

    Guy Laliberté begins a private spaceflight

    Category: Human Spaceflight Activities › Type: Private astronaut or space tourist flight

    Mission: Soyuz TMA-16 · Programme: Orbital commercial

    • Human spaceflight
    • Commercial human spaceflight
    • Space tourism

    Role: Space tourist · Station: ISS

    1 participants; see description and linked people.

    • NASA: Space Station 20th — Space Flight Participants (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary based on NASA: Space Station 20th — Space Flight Participants. Original source retains its rights.

16. 2010 16 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2469 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-2469

    • Space transportation

    Molniya 8K78M (2BL) launched on the Kosmos-2469 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.

    • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.

17. 2015 11 years ago launch

    Sky Muster/ARSAT-2 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Sky Muster/ARSAT-2

    • Space transportation

    Ariane 5ECA launched on the Sky Muster/ARSAT-2 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.

18. 2016 10 years ago mission end

    Rosetta mission ends on its comet

    Category: Returns and Mission Endings › Type: Controlled impact

    Mission: Rosetta

    Rosetta’s controlled descent to comet 67P ended the mission.

    • ESA Archives — Rosetta (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary; source attribution retained.

19. 2023 3 years ago launch

    Starlink-112 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Starlink-112

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-112 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.

    • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.